State oil and gas regulators recently gave the nod to Ursa Resources’ A Pad inside the Battlement Mesa PUD. But, for citizen groups, the fight against the pad continues. KDNK’s Amy Hadden Marsh has this report.

Participants of the 2019 Gay Ski Week present words of wisdom and messages of hope for LGBTQ youth of the Roaring Fork Valley. This project was inspired by the Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Certificate Program. Thank you to Janet Gordon Counseling for inspiring the project. Support for this project comes from AspenOUT.

The Way Down Wanderers visited Express Yourself before their gig at Steve's Guitars. After five years of recording and touring, festival appearances at Merlefest and Summer Camp, official showcases at Folk Alliance, Americana Fest and the International Bluegrass Music Association, and two previous recordings, The Way DownWanderers find themselves in Carbondale tonight at Steve's Guitars with a brand new CD ready to drop in mid-February. They played Principles of Salt, Crooked Pines, All My Words and Frozen Through.

A recent study found that a changing climate could cut the length of ski season in half in some parts of the US by 2050, and more by the end of the century. This could have significant impacts on Colorado’s ski industry, which generates almost $5 billion annually and creates more than 46,000 jobs. KDNK’s Amy Hadden Marsh takes a look at two resorts on Colorado’s West Slope to find out what they’re doing to protect the snow and the bottom line.

Besides being a pur darn good mandolinist, Sam Bush tells a good story. Here he describes New Grass Revival's last gig opening for the Grateful Dead and the state of Del McCoury's hair in the morning. He also? talks about a new song that he and his Sam Bush Band are playing on their current tour, which comes to the Ute Theatre tonight.

Alexandra and Anthony Jerkunica, of Bonedale Ballet, along with three young ballerinas from their troupe, Valentina Baez, Camille Moore and Adelaide Moore, join Express Yourself to talk about their new production of The Nutcracker at the Waldorf School.

The longest government shutdown in history ended after President Trump signed a bipartisan three-week stopgap funding measure late Friday. Several agencies had been partially shuttered for 35 days.

"I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government," Trump said earlier Friday in the White House Rose Garden, announcing the long-awaited bipartisan breakthrough.

Angela Rae Clark, survivor leader in the movement to end human trafficking, mindfulness coach, and TEDx speaker, and Glenwood Springs attorney Angela Roff, organizer of this month's human trafficking summit in Rifle,? join Amy for Part 2 of a series on human trafficking. You can listen to Part 1 by clicking here.

This month's episode of Living Permaculture features Rhonda Sherman, founder and director of the Composting Learning Lab and author of the book, The Worm Farmer’s Handbook: Mid- to Large-Scale Vermicomposting for Farms, Businesses, Municipalities, Schools, and Institutions. Living Permaculture is heard on the fourth Wednesday of each month on KDNK. Hosts Jerome Osentowski and Stephanie Syson run the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute a non-profit in Basalt, Colorado. Listen to archived episodes here.

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Cheers from environmental groups drowned out nearby construction noise in downtown Denver Thursday morning after Gov. Jared Polis announced an executive order that aims to bring more electric vehicles to Colorado.